The Indonesian Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) has actually repelled a Chinese coast guard vessel that entered Indonesia ' s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the North Natuna Sea near Riau Islands without permission.
The vessel, Chinese coast guard ship 5204, was discovered by Bakamla patrol ship KN Nipah 321 through an automatic recognition system at around 10: 00 a.m. local time on Saturday.
According to the firm, the Chinese ship insisted that it can patrol around the so-called nine-dash line — China’s geographical expression in the South China Sea that represents China’s standard fishing premises. One of the nine dashes pieces through waters north of the Natuna Islands.
” Bakamla is currently collaborating with the Workplace of the Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister and the Foreign Ministry concerning the matter,” the firm reported through its written statement on Sunday.
KN Nipah 321 is one of the patrol ships Bakamla deployed for Operation Cegah Tangkal (Prevent and Fend Off) over the western maritime zone. The operation began on Sept. 4 and is set to continue up until November.
” The primary function of this operation is to ensure sea security in each focused on maritime zone,” Bakamla chief Vice Adm. Aan Kurnia said previously this month as priced quote by kompas.com
In 2016, a worldwide tribunal dismissed the nine-dash line as lawfully unwarranted. In addition, the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) also dismissed China’s nine-dash line and it gave Indonesia sovereign rights to check out and make use of natural resources in its EEZ.
